Trends · data through September 2026

Gas & Auto trends in Chester

Iceflower tracks 66 stores from 41 gas & auto chains in Chester. Esso grew fastest over the last year, ahead of Shell and Halfords.

Rankings come from real card and bank transactions across a panel of 130M+ US and EU consumers. We publish relative growth and rankings, never revenue figures. About the data

Tracked chains
41
Tracked stores
66
Consumer panel
130M+

Growth ranking

Fastest-growing tracked gas & auto chains

Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Esso and Shell sit in the high-growth half.

# Chain YoY growth
RankChainRank movementYoY growth
1 E Esso logo Esso ▲1 -2.2%
2 S Shell logo Shell - -2.6%
3 H Halfords logo Halfords - -6.6%
4 B BP logo BP ▼1 -60.8%
5 I IMO Car Wash logo IMO Car Wash - -98.1%
  • Gas Stations & Convenience Stores
  • Auto Repair Service
  • Vehicle Service
  • Auto Parts Store
  • Car Wash
  • Car Dealer
  • Parking
  • Other categories

Store footprint

Store map

66 tracked store locations in Chester, colored by category.

  • Gas Stations & Convenience Stores (32)
  • Auto Repair Service (10)
  • Vehicle Service (6)
  • Auto Parts Store (5)
  • Car Wash (4)
  • Car Dealer (3)
  • Parking (2)
  • Other categories

Top tracked chains by store count

  • 1 S Shell logo Shell 10
  • 2 B BP logo BP 9
  • 3 E Esso logo Esso 5
  • 4 I IMO Car Wash logo IMO Car Wash 3
  • 5 H Halfords logo Halfords 3
  • 6 V Volvo 1
  • 7 A Apcoa logo Apcoa 1
  • 8 K Kev's Tyres 1
  • 9 G General Traffic logo General Traffic 1
  • 10 N Newbridge Farm Milk 1
  • 11 L LVW Automotive Group 1
  • 12 C Car World Direct 1
  • 13 C Chester Hand Car Wash 1
  • 14 D Deeside Truck Services 1
  • 15 E Euro Car Parts logo Euro Car Parts 1
  • 16 B Buzzy Bee 1
  • 17 D Direct Car Keys 1
  • 18 E Essar Oil Stanlow logo Essar Oil Stanlow 1
  • 19 B Buckley 2 Wheel Centre 1
  • 20 S Station Motors 1
  • 21 N National Car Parks logo National Car Parks 1
  • 22 G Grindley Brook Garage 1
  • 23 L Landranger Deeside 4x4 1
  • 24 D D.A. Roberts Fuels 1
  • 25 A Applegreen logo Applegreen 1
  • 26 E EG On the Move logo EG On the Move 1
  • 27 L Lindop Toyota 1
  • 28 H Halliwell Jones 1
  • 29 F FMG Repair Services logo FMG Repair Services 1
  • 30 H Hyundai logo Hyundai 1
  • 31 E Enterprise logo Enterprise 1
  • 32 C Chester Broughton 1
  • 33 C Chester Tyres Ltd 1
  • 34 T TPS logo TPS 1
  • 35 G Greenacre Garage 1
  • 36 C Cheshire Oaks Service Station 1
  • 37 T Tesla logo Tesla 1
  • 38 B Barnhills of Broxton 1
  • 39 E Ellesmere Port Garage Services 1
  • 40 T Tarporley Service Centre 1
  • 41 R Roadchef logo Roadchef 1

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